Background
Ridder, Constance M. was born on January 16, 1941 in Michigan, United States.
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Constance M. Ridder
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University of Michigan. Stanford University (Bachelor of Arts, 1981). University of Santa Clara (Juris Doctor, 1985).
Career
Worked at Holland & Knight Limited Liability Partnership (Miami, Florida) specializing in General Practice including Administrative Law, Admiralty, Agribusiness, Antitrust, Bankruptcy, Civil and White Collar Criminal Litigation, Computer Law, Construction Law, Environmental and Land Use, Energy, Financial Institutions, General Corporate, Health Care, Immigration, Intellectual Property, International Business, Labor/Employment/Employee Retirement Income Security Act, Legislation, Media Law, Probate and Estate Planning, Public Finance, Real Property, Securities and Corporate Finance, Taxation (State, Federal and International) and Workers" Compensation. Admitted to the bar, 1985, California and United States. District Court, Northern District of California.
1986, Florida.
Vice Chairman, 1989-1990 and Secretary, 1990-1992 of Dade County Bar Association"s Probate and Guardianship Court Committee.
Member, Board of Visitors, Santa Clara University School of Law, 1989. Board of Visitors, University of Michigan School of Literature, Science and the Arts, 1993.
Board of Trustees, Fairchild Tropical Gardens, 1991. Secretary, 1994. Member: Dade County and American Bar Associations.
The Florida Bar; State Bar of California (inactive).
Holland & Knight is the largest law firm in Florida, with offices throughout Florida (Boca Raton, Fort Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Lakeland, Miami, Orlando, Saint St. Petersburg, Tallahassee, Tampa and West Palm Beach), in Atlanta, Georgia and in Washington, District of Columbia The firm traces its origins to two separate firms, one which dates from the 1880"s and the other from the early 1900"son Spessard L. Holland, former Florida Governor and United States Senator, founded one of the firms. Peter O. Knight, one of the organizers of Tampa Electric Company and The Exchange National Bank of Tampa (the predecessor of NationsBank of Florida), founded the other.
The two firms merged to form Holland & Knight in July 1968.
The firm comprises approximately 500 lawyers, including Chesterfield Smith, a former president of the American Bar Association, a former president of the State Bar of Georgia, two past presidents of The Florida Bar and many other lawyers who have distinguished themselves in public and professional service on local, state, national and international levels.
Achievements
Membership
Member, Board of Visitors, Santa Clara University School of Law, 1989. Board of Visitors, University of Michigan School of Literature, Science and the Arts, 1993. Board of Trustees, Fairchild Tropical Gardens, 1991.
Secretary, 1994.
Member: Dade County and American Bar Associations. The Florida Bar; State Bar of California (inactive).
